StarTechSATA to 2.5-Inch or 3.5-Inch IDE Hard Drive Adapter for HDD Docks (SAT2IDEADP)

Recently I picked up the StarTech.com 4 Bay Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5/3.5 HDD after I upgraded from a 4 bay Mac Pro to a Macbook Pro. I wanted to maintain using my SATA drives I pulled from the Mac Pro and realized I still had several IDE drives I had collected from older Windows Based Computers.Insert the Startech.com SATA IDE adapter.The docking station already worked exactly I needed it to and this adapter just was an extension of how wonderful these line of products have worked for me. I should of paid more attention to the instructions, though. I thought it was something I simply slipped into the dock itself. Instead I have to manually set up each drive with the adapter. I did not see this fact as I was in a rush and using amazon on a mobile device. Attaching the adaptor only takes a few seconds but it now breaths new life into a large collection of IDE drives that are, on average, about 400GB in size.A reviewer already mentioned that using the small screws on a drive with a screw driver is fine for one or two drives but, when you are doing a large collection, these Solid Brass CPU Case Thumbscrews, 6 Pack are a time saver as well as prevents an incredible amount of frustration. Also, make sure you set up the master/slave settings on your IDE drive.Overall a recommended purchase. It is a durable product that has saved me hundreds of dollars by breathing new life into my older hard drives which I no longer have to replace with SATA drives for the time being.

I have a box full of IDE hard drives that goes back 15 years. I think there's a 240 MB drive in that box. I bought this IDE to SATA adapter so I could use my SATA USB dock with these drives to off-load the data before I throw them out. I didn't want to buy a brand new IDE USB dock so I got this adapter. Basically, you attach the IDE drive with a data cable and power cable (included), screw in two small screws on the back and now you've converted your IDE drive to a SATA drive. Then you can put the entire drive into your USB doc.Tip: Since the power cable and IDE cable between this adapter and the IDE drive is flexible, you MUST screw in two tiny screws on the back of the adapter to the hard drive to keep everything together. These two screws are tiny and require a small screwdriver set to attach. This is fine if you are going to do one or two drives, but in my case, I am transferring 20+ drives. I found two old computer case thumb screws that look like this: Solid Brass CPU Case Thumbscrews, 6 Pack and use them to attach this adapter to the drive much faster. No tiny screws, no need for a screwdriver. Fast and easy.Thanks to StarTech for continuing to make useful if not esoteric products like this.

Works like it should and for the operational part, I have no issues. I bought two for a direct clone ability.I have seen a lot of complaining about having to put the "little screws" in and so forth. It takes seconds and if this is the main killer of the deal for you, get a converter cable and fish it down in the and it will do the same.The wiring is tight but very manageable if you just guide it to the correct spot when sliding the drive down into the adapter. Press your finger forward into the IDE cable to allow it to fold forward and then gently press the power cable to the left as you push the rest of the way down. Look at the space you have and simply fill it with the cables provided.FYI - When you are used to cloning SATA drives, there is some shock value at the time it takes to now clone IDE instead. It has been years since anyone really uses IDE as a standard and I cloned a 1.87gb partition. Buy a good book, maybe play some video games.....get some extra work done, whatever; this is not getting done anytime soon but it DOES get that drive cloned.****extra**** I am using this device in a Startech USB 3.0 cloner. This thing has saved me quite a few times and i see people using this adapter as a connection converter, many people are not even using a cloner and are just interfacing directly to the pc for access. There is absolutely no need to buy this if you just want a connection to the pc. If you plan on just laying it on the desk for a while to access files and maybe clone through software, just buy the converter as a cable. Easier to store, easier to hook the drive up, just easier everything.These were a great edition to my hard drive tool kit

This is great!!!! It's durable and fits my desktop HDD docking station perfectly. It's easy to assemble as well. I think it was a good buy. In fact, I ordered 2 more just now...One note: (NOT a flaw) This comes with everything you should need to do the job it's intended to do. They even provide screws to mount your HDD to the adapter with. It's difficult to tell which is which, but there are actually 2 each of the tiny screws you use to mount your HDD to the adapter with. (Obviously) the smaller ones are for 2.5" drives and the larger ones are for 3.5" drives.It works GREAT! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this product. Kudos to the manufacturer for making an AWESOME product!!!

This is a great add on to my external StarTech SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Hard Drive Dock. I have many useable Internal hard drives laying around from my old P4 Computer, PATA that is. Instead of buying external case after case to continue to use them, I took 5 minutes of my time to connecting my 250gb drive to this adapter, making it compatible with SATA Standards. Simply Insert it in the dock, turn it on, and i'm in business. Don't need it, stack it on the shelf. No need to waste space or power in my tower for old technology: Not another PCI Cards, lost another power cables connection for something else.We can all use a little more space. If you need some, reuse what you have, I did. When I do need more space, I can save money and buy internal drives to dock. Those wondering, my drives works fine with Win 8.